MLB batters getting hit by pitches at a historic rate and tensions are high Major league pitchers are placing batters on notice: Beware of the inside pitch. The regular season is only two weeks old and already 149 batters — or 0.42 per game — have been plunked. It’s certainly […]
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NBA playoff power rankings: 76ers surge into postseason; Warriors, Wizards crawl The field is set. The races are over. It’s playoff time. Are the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers destined for another NBA Finals showdown? Can the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors overcome their postseason woes? Are the Philadelphia […]
Red Sox Yankees brawl: MLB suspends pitcher Joe Kelly 6 games, DH Tyler Austin 5 games Major League Baseball wasted no time Thursday with swift discipline against the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, suspending reliever Joe Kelly six games and Yankees DH Tyler Austin for five games. Both […]
Brett Favre: ‘I’ve had hundreds, probably thousands’ of concussions Brett Favre pulls no punches when he talks about concussions. The Pro Football Hall of Fame and former Packers quarterback said youth as old as 15 should not play tackle football and he believes he may have suffered thousands of concussions […]
2018 NBA playoff previews: Matchups, schedules, series outlooks If the playoffs are anything like the wild finish to the regular season, hold on. It took an overtime play-in win just to determine the Western Conference playoff teams, and little was settled outside of the top two seeds in the East […]
NHL playoffs 2018: Four bold predictions The four best teams in the NHL — the Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins — are split between two divisions. With the league’s elite set to potentially meet before the Stanley Cup final, the 2018 playoffs will be ripe […]
Champions League as it happened: Roma completes stunning comeback against Barcelona; Liverpool rolls over Manchester City Two of the UEFA Champions League semifinalists were confirmed Tuesday, with Roma eliminating Barcelona and Liverpool knocking out English rival Manchester City. In Rome, the hosts had to overcome a 4-1 deficit from the […]
What will Vegas be like for Golden Knights’ playoff encore after regular-season ‘pool party’? In Las Vegas, where big-name celebrities perform on a nightly basis, the NHL was often the best show in town this winter. The Vegas Golden Knights were the hot ticket. Everyone wanted a glimpse of the […]
NBA playoff race: Making sense of the chaotic regular season finish Monday night’s slate of NBA games clinched three more spots out West. The New Orleans Pelicans, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs are all in. It’s the Spurs’ 21st consecutive postseason appearance, tying the second-longest run […]
Bills’ Richie Incognito says he’s retiring, liver and kidneys ‘are shutting down’ After first saying he was “thrilled” to return to the Buffalo Bills, offensive guard Richie Incognito has apparently changed his mind. In an interview with the Buffalo News, Incognito said he would be retiring from football due to […]
